Scooter rider slows Bay Bridge rush-hour traffic, CHP says

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – APRIL 17: A user rides a Spin scooter on April 17, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Three weeks after three companies started placing electric scooters on the streets for rental, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera issued cease-and-desist notice to electric scooter rental companies Bird, LimeBike and Spin. The notice comes as the San Francisco board of supervisors considers a proposed ordinance to regulate the scooters to keep people from riding them on sidewalks, parking them in the middle of sidewalks and requiring riders to wear helmets and have a drivers license. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO — Officers are investigating reports of a person on an electric motorized scooter driving in eastbound Interstate 80 traffic on the Bay Bridge, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Shortly after 5 p.m., the CHP received reports of the person and scooter in the right-hand lane of the bridge’s lower deck, a CHP officer said.

A driver in rush-hour traffic described the person to officers as traveling east at a top speed of about 5 mph, then briefly dancing before getting on and off and screaming at vehicles.

A call to the CHP’s San Francisco office was not immediately returned.

George Kelly is a breaking news reporter for the Bay Area News Group. He has worked as an online coordinator and, before that, a copy editor and page designer for Bay Area-based newspapers and magazines. Off work, he enjoys playing in bands, busking and karaoke. His first newspaper job was as a Washington Post paperboy.